Countries
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, India, Sierra Leone
  
Haiti
  
National Language
Bangladesh, India
  
Haiti
  
Second Language
India
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Central America, North America
  
Minority Language
Australia, Canada, Italy, Japan, Kuwait, Malaysia, Maldives, Nepal, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
Cuba
  
Regulated By
Bangla Academy, Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi
  
Akademi Kreyòl Ayisyen (Academy of Haitian Creole)
  
Interesting Facts
- Bengali language is the World's sweetest language.
- 21st February is celebrated as an International Mother Language day, which is based on Bengali language.
  
- In the year 1940, the first technical orthography for Haitian Creole was developed.
- In Haiian Creole, the word 'creole' is of Latin origin via a Portuguese term that means, "person raised in one's house".
  
Similar To
Assamese and Oriya
  
French Language
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Bengali-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
HaitianCreole-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Bengali, Brahmic family and derivatives
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
হ্যালো (Hyālō)
  
Bonjou
  
Thank You
ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)
  
Mèsi
  
How Are You?
কেমন আছিস? (kêmon achhish?)
  
Kijan ou yé?
  
Good Night
শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)
  
Bon nwit
  
Good Evening
শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)
  
Bonswa
  
Good Afternoon
ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)
  
Bon apre-midi
  
Good Morning
সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)
  
Bon apre-midi
  
Please
অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)
  
Souple
  
Sorry
দুঃখিত (dukkhito)
  
Dezole
  
Bye
বিদায় (Bidāẏa)
  
Babay
  
I Love You
আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)
  
Mwen renmen w
  
Excuse Me
মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)
  
Eskize m
  
Dialect 1
Chakma
  
Northern Haitian Creole
  
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, India
  
Cap-Haitien
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Hajong
  
Central Haitian Creole
  
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India
  
Port-au-Prince
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Rarhi
  
Southern Haitian Creole
  
Where They Speak
India
  
Cayes
  
How Many People Speak?
215.00 million
  
9
9.60 million
  
99+
Native Speakers
196.00 million
  
7
9.60 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
19.00 million
  
16
Not Available
  
Native Name
বাংলা (baɛṅlā)
  
Kreyòl ayisyen
  
Alternative Names
Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa
  
Creole, Haitian Creole, Western Caribbean Creole
  
French Name
bengali
  
haïtien; créole haïtien
  
German Name
Bengali
  
Haïtien (Haiti-Kreolisch)
  
Pronunciation
Not available
  
[kɣejɔl]
  
Ethnicity
Bengalis (Bengali people)
  
Haitians
  
Origin
1000–1200 CE
  
17th Century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Indic
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Abahatta, Old Bengali
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Bengali
  
Haitian Creole
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
bn
  
ht
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
ben
  
hat
  
ISO 639 2/B
ben
  
hat
  
ISO 639 3
ben
  
hat
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
beng1280
  
hait1244
  
Linguasphere
59-AAF-u
  
51-AAC-cb
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available